From: Mikulas Patocka Use __always_inline to avoid a link failure with gcc 4.6 on ARM. gcc 4.7 is OK. It creates a function block_div.part.8, it references __udivdi3 and __umoddi3 and it is never called. The references to __udivdi3 and __umoddi3 cause a link failure. Reported-by: Rob Herring Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon --- drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Index: linux/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c +++ linux/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c @@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ static bool block_size_is_power_of_two(s return cache->sectors_per_block_shift >= 0; } +/* gcc on ARM generates spurious references to __udivdi3 and __umoddi3 */ +#if defined(CONFIG_ARM) && __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 6 +__always_inline +#endif static dm_block_t block_div(dm_block_t b, uint32_t n) { do_div(b, n);